Walking doll



HA. TRABERT.

WALKING DLL.

APPLICATION FILED APR.22. 1919.

PatentedApr. 6, 1920.

INVENToR Hernzazzfz Tm Mr? BY wf! M A ATTORNEY HERMANN TRABERT, OFBROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WALKING DOLL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. e, 192e.

Application filed April 22, 1919. Serial No. 291,913.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HERMANN TRABERT, a citizen of Germany, residing atBrooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Walking Dolls, of which the following isa specification. p

lThis -invention relates to improvements 1n doll structures, and has asits special object the provision of means whereby adoll or likeautomaton may simulate the appearance of walking, the lower limbs beingmovable, one in advance of the other, when the doll is moved over arelatively level surface so that the feet contact therewith.

Y further object is to provide means whereby a doll may have the lowerlimbs extended horizontally, as in the position of sitting, when`ydesired in addition to the walking effect.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction andcombination of parts hereinafter described, and shown in theaccompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, andin which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a miniature doll madein accordance with the invention, and indicating the application of theinvention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevational view showing thelower portion of the doll, parts being broken away in order to disclosethe construction.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view showing the limbs folded in a sittingposition, and

Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of the same, the lower limbs beingextended horizontally.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the body of thedoll, surmounted by the head 1l, and provided with a pair of arms 12 asis usual.

Engaged with the lower portion of the body element 10 is a cylindricalcasing 14, cut away at the lower front portion 15, and having engaged atthe bottom of the caslng a block 16, suited to the cut-away ortlon, andsecured in position by. screws 1 passing through the sides of the casingat the front and back.

The central raised portion 18 of the block carries a spindle 20, thesame extending outward at both ends, on which'is pivotally securedelements 22 and 22 representing respectively the right and left lowerlimbs of the doll, these limbs being secured by the upset heads 19 ofthe spindle.

The top of the block 18 is bifurcated, forming a central recess 24, andoperable 'thereinI is a rod 25, rigidly engaged at the center of thetransverse pin 20, the rod eX- tending to some distance beyond the block18, and is engageable betweeny the forked ends 26, of a pair of springarms 27, integrally joined by a loop 28, at their outer ends, andpassing through the loop 28 is the head 29 of a bolt `30, the samepassing through the upper portion of the block 18 and held rigidly inposition by the nut 31, the arrangement being such that the outturnedelements of the forks 26 receive and resiliently clamp the rod 25' whenentered therein.

Pivoted on the rod 25 is an elongated plate 33, having slots 34 and 34formed in its opposite ends, the same being receptive of pins 36 and 36rigidly set in the outer end of the limb elements 22 and 22. Thus whenone of the lower limbs, as 22', is placed upon a surface and the dollbody 10 advanced, the pin 36 at its upper end, beyond axis 20, is movedrearwardly, and, due to its engagement in the slot 34 causes the plate33 to rotate upon the rod 25 and thus transmit motion in an oppositedirection to the pin 36, causing a limb 22 to be advanced, themovementsr being' alternate, and in a manner quite similar to that of aperson walking.

In order to permit the limbs to be extended at right angles to the body10, they are move-d in lateral registration and the rod 25 freed fromthe spring forks 26, the sitting position being shown in Figs. 4 and 5of the drawings. v

From the foregoing it will be observed that the doll may be moved in amanner simulative to walking, and that both of the lower limbs may befolded at right angles to the body so that the doll may assume a sittingposture, all of the several operations being readily performed withoutchanges or manipulation of the doll other than to manually maneuver thelower limbs in the manner explained.

From the foregoing it will be seen that an attractive and novellyoperated form of doll structure has been disclosed and that the same iscapable of being operated by children without diHiculty.

Having thus described my invention what .l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is'- l. In a walking doll, the combinationwith a body, a casing extended therebelow, and a block secured in saidcasing, said block having a central slotted recess, of a spindle passingthrough said block, a pair of elements simulating limbs pivoted on theextending ends of said spindle, a rod secured centrally on said spindleoperable in the mentioned recess', projections ext-ending from said limbelements opposite to 'the main portions thereof, a plat-e pivoted onsaid rod, said plate having open slots at the ends thereo in which saidprojections are engageab-le, and spring forks secured to said blockadapted to engage with said rod when in a vertical position, wherebysaid limbs are caused to extend downward from said body.

In a walking doll, the combination with a body, a casing securedtherebelow, and a 'block rigidly engaged in the lower portion of saidcasing, said block having a central open recess in its upper portion, ofa spindle passing through said block, elements simulating limbs pivotedon the extending endsoi said spindle, a rod secured centrally on saidpin operable in the mentioned recess, an elongated transverse platepivoted on said rod, said plate having` open slots at each end, pinsextending upwardly from said limb element engaging in the Ymentionedslots whereby they are caused tomove in epposite directions, andresilient means for holding said rod when in a Vertical lposition, saidmeans permitting` said limb elements to extend angularly to said body.

In testimony whereof l have aixed my signature.

HERMANN TRABERT. y

